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Show JAPAN DEFEATS 7 RUSIM; FLEET.' AND" v ; BOTTLES IT TIG!!T jN PORT ARTHUR . . i . . i , Li ! : : . . . - the story that the Baltic fleet baa been ordered to the far East, pointing out that the ships are laid up at Crone tad t, where they will be Ice-bound for the winter. i DISASTER TO JAPS " . . IN EFFORT 10 LAND TROOPS SATURDAY TTfTTTTTTTTTT LONDON. Feb.. 15. Dally Mail' Port .Arthur correspondent, under 4- date of February 13th, Bayer . . V "Official advice state that" the 4- Japaaeee landed BOO soldiers -hear -f Tellen Wan with disastrous result, -f 4- 410 being sabered by Coseacka .The -f remainder escaped to their ships. 4- It Is further stated that the Japan- 4-4 4-4 eae landed at Dove bay. where thlr-. 4 4 ty of them were kiUed and the "re- 4 4 mainder retreated." 4' The Japanese fleet which entered 4 4 Chemulpo February 8th escorting 4 4 transports, captured one Russian 4 4 volunteer warahip and two steam- 4 4 er In the open sea. ' 4 .,.. appeal to the United States to prevail on the Rusian Government to release 100 Japanese subject teported, detained at Port Arthur. Mr. Takahlra, the Japanese Jap-anese Minister, will. It Is expected, present pre-sent the appeal to Secretary Hay today. to-day. . : ; . In a. cablegram; received from Tokio the' Minister wa informed that, according to new brought to Chefoo by a British steamer from Port Arthur, 100 Japanese refugee had., been taken from the', steamer, by the Russian authorities au-thorities Just before .the vessel sailed. In spite of the -protect of the Japanese, i Having agreed to look out for Japa-! Japa-! tiese citizens in Russian territory during dur-ing the war, this Government will instruct in-struct Mr. McCormlck. the American Embassador at St. Petersburg, to Inquire In-quire of the Russian Government od the subject as to the Japanese In question.- - - The beat naval opinion here 1 to the effect that the detention of these Japanese Japa-nese at Port Arthur la a strategical necessity, to prevent the Japanese gaining gain-ing -information ss to fortifications, troops, etc. ' An official said: "During the-siege of - Paris tn the to prevent reports of the movements 'of the Japanese .from reaching the enemy will now, It is said, be sent to the prize courts, and that all will probably be confiscated. . - GEN". LITEVTTCn TAKES ' SUPRE2TE COMMAND OP ' RUSSIAN- LAND FORCES. ? , I.' .in. ; . . . St. Petersbur, Feb. 15. A telegram from Khakarovak says that Gea. Lltevttch has been appointed to the supreme conmand of the Russian army tn Manchuria. Grand Iuk Cyril, a cousin of the Czar, and Grand Duke Borla. the Csar's uncle, are about to proceed to the seat of war. American and English women here have started on tbe preparation of materials for th Red Cross society with Just- aa great heartiness as tbe Russian women engaged in tbe same work. Various committees com-mittees and sewing circles that had been already organised effected a general organization or-ganization today at a meting held In the Anglo-American church,-presided over by the -new pastor. Rev. Andrew Rlohie. These women realise that both armies engaged en-gaged In the conflict will make large de. mand on humanitarian, irrespective of race, and they have naturally decided te assist the sufferers they can most easily reach, namely, the Russian mounted. , Details Sifting: Through That Show Disaster to Czar's1 Forces;; Japs Whipped aiTalicn Wan. LONDON, Feb. 15. The Times' Tokio To-kio correspondent, cabling under date of February 12th, says: - "It Is said that the Japanese squadron squad-ron has sealed Port Arthur." Wei Hal Wei correspondent says that on the morning ' of February 10th the Japanese occupied Ching-nata-Wea, a Russian coaling station, close to ZXasampho. v ' k' Passenger who have arrived at Chefoo from Fort Arthur say the Russian Rus-sian cruiser Askold was damaged in Tuesday's battl in the road outside Port Arthur, but was kept afloat all ' Saturday when It sank In thirty fathoms. ' REFUSE TO SURRENDER SURVIVORS OF , FIGHT v AS PRISONERS OF WAS. ' NAGASAKI, Feb. 15. The survivors from the Varies and the Korleti, the Russian cruisers that were sunk by the Japanese fleet at Chemulpo last Tues day, still remain on board th BritisM cruiser Talbot, the Italian cruiser Elba and the French cruiser Pascal. The situation regarding their disposal is becoming acute, as the Japanese have twice made demands on the commanders com-manders of the three foreign vessels that the Russian be surrendered a prisoners of war. ' The captain of the Talbot, being the senior, naval officer, each time has replied re-plied that he was awaiting Instructions from his Government. None of the Russians are on board the American gunboat Vlcksburg. whose commander considers that the Japanese are right in their demsnd. as the Russians took advantage of the clemency of the Japanese, In returning to the harbor, then taking refuge on the foreign vessels and refusing to surrender, sur-render, whereas the Japanese fleet refrained re-frained from sinking them la th open tea, as they could have done. Franco-Prussian war Representative Hitt, who was then in charge of the American Legation there, looked after the large number of Germans who were detained at Paris by the French Gov eminent"' - - Although - Russia's answer to Secretary Secre-tary Hay's note asking her to respect the neutrality of . China and localize hostilities hos-tilities as much- as possible has not yet been received, the State department knows Indirectly from London and Paris that Russia will reply -favorably. It then will remain for the,powr to fix the scope of their note and to draft a more definite proposition for acceptance by the two combatant . Satisfaction is expressed by, Administration Admin-istration circles that Great Britain as well as Russia has decided to waive objections ob-jections to the note, . - It is expected that an the formal answers an-swers to the Secretary's note will reach here early this week. - - PRO-RUSSIAN K0REA2T HAT BE ARRESTED ON-: ON-: COLAINT OF JAPANESE. SEOUL, Feb. 16. The Japanese Minister has sdvtsed the Emperor of Korea to arrest ar-rest Tl Yong Ik, who has been a practical practi-cal dictator and who was very friendly to Russia until there'wa danger ef Japanese predominance. Two thousand Russians have arrived at Kapsad, at -the headwaters Jtt the Taltt river. ........ The Japanese sre constructing a telegraph tele-graph line north from BeouL. BOSTON STEAHER "13 LET ' OUT BY RUSSIANS FROM POST ARTHUR HAILBOR, 1 .. ' ' BOSTON, Feb. 15. Word wa received here Sunday that the Boston Steamship company-! steamer Pleiades had got away from Port Arthur, where it is believed be-lieved she was detained for- a week or more, first by the wreoks of the Russian warships, which blockaded the exits from the harbor, and later by the refusal of the Russian authorities to permit her departure. de-parture. :- "Alfred ""Wlrison, ' president bf 'the company, com-pany, received a cablegram today conveying con-veying the Information that the Pleiades had been released and had -arrived at Chefoo, China, on Saturday. Mr. Windsor said that the cablegram cable-gram was presumably from the company's com-pany's sgents at Hongkong. He had not heard anything as yet from the State department de-partment at Washington, to which the owners of the steamer had appealed to secure her f eleose. 1 . PLAN DOUBLE FLANK ON . RUSSIAN POSITION AT POET ABTHTTB FORTRESS. , 'ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. k-r-Ther is no confirmation of the rumor - from Port Arthur of the landing of Japanese troops at Shan Hal Kwan. If the rumor should prove to be correct, it will mean that the Japanese are trying to get In the rear of the Russians from both flank with the object of cutting communications.' com-munications.' . : ' -t LONDON, Feb. 15. Little by lite additional details of the naval engagement engage-ment at Port Arthur on February 8th - . and 9th" are coming through, from the far East, all going to show that th battle bat-tle was of far greater magnitude', than first reports Indicated. Th battle, which followed the torpedo tor-pedo attack on tbe Russian fleet, according ac-cording to a cablegram received today, ommenced at 4 o'clock on the morning f the 8 th, and twelve of the Russian ' ships were destroyed and eight captured. cap-tured. Also, that the Emperor has officially of-ficially congratulated Admiral Togo, who was In command of the Japanese squadron, for his splendid victory. Early dispatches of the fight give the number of Russian vessels put out of commission as seven, namely: Battleships. Battle-ships. Reuivan, Cxarevich and Poltava; cruisers, Pallada, Novik. Diana and Askold. . What the names of the other ships mentioned in today's dispatch ire is purely conjectural, although ' It ts believed be-lieved that one Is the cruiser Boyarin. The eight vessels captured probably ' refer to transports and naval steamers. The Japanese vessels leading in the attack at-tack were the Asahl, I lata use and Mi-kasa. Mi-kasa. From the best Information, the attacking fleet comprised about twenty ships, and tbe battle was fought at JAPS DEEPLY STIRRED :' OVER EUSSIAN WORK IN SINKING ' VESSEL. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IS. A cablegram cable-gram from Tokio under date of February Febru-ary 12th says: ' Japan is deeply -stirred and bitterly resentful over the- sinking of the merchant mer-chant vessel Zensho Maru by four Russian Rus-sian cruisers which yesterday attacked the Zensho Maru and her companion, the Naganoura Maru, while they were on their way from Hakata to' Otaru, on the island of Hakkaido.. - ' The attack of the Russians is declared to be a wanton crime, unjustified under any circumstances, even assuming that the Zensho Maru disregarded signals, which is denied. ' ":.-' .The Foreign office has Issued the following fol-lowing statement regarding the sinking sink-ing of the Zensho Marui "Two Japanese merchant vessels, the Zensho Maru and the. Naganoura Mara, tonnage 170 and TOO respectively, while ailing from Hakata for ptaru, ' were suddenly attacked by four Russian cruisers from Vladlvostock on February 11th, when ten miles off Jensangta. - "Fire was opened without any order being given the vessels to ' surrender. Tbe Kaganoura succeeded in escaping. The other veeeel wss surrounded by. the cruisers and sunk. All on board were either killed or drowned. ';. ' . . ' It is said the Japanese Government is planning reprisals. Several Ruaslan ships which have been detained in order ' In military circles confidence la expressed ex-pressed that the forward movement from Korea will be checked as soon as the Russian ad Vanes is encountered. ' The retirement of the families of Russian Rus-sian officials across the Talu river from Tongampho is interpreted a an indication, indi-cation, that the news of the first serious land fighting will emanate from this ! point. . . The alarm occasioned by the reported landing of Japanese In Korea extends a far back as Mukden, where the Chinese are said to be in a state of panic. Some of the newspapers here are protesting vigorously against the consorship of war news. The Novoe Vremya.says: ' "We are not children; let us hear the worst." .'The wife of Capt Roudnef of the Varlag Va-rlag has received a telegram from Viceroy Vice-roy Aliexeff keying that her husband- la alive and unhurt. An acceunt of the injury to the wall at port Arthur during the Japanese bombardment Is tbe sum total of the war news issued officially up to midnight mid-night " , -At the Admiralty It was said that notification had been received of the stuck February 11th on two Japanese merchant steamers, th Naganoura Maru and Zensho Maru, which vessels were said to have been shelled by four "Russian warships and one of, them sunk.-; ' .' . The Admiralty stamps as nonsense The duration of the battle was a little lit-tle over seven hours. After the Russian vessels which had not been piled up on ' the beach withdrew into the harbor. Admiral Togo's fleet put out to sea in three divisions, heading toward Dalny. ' While the first dispatches stated that the Japanese ships escaped unscathed, it is now known that one or more of them sustained slight damages and sought a home port for repairs. ' The ships engaged In the smashing of the Russian cruisers Varlag and Ko- j . riets at Chemulpo on the sth Inst, were the cruisers Naniva, Takachlho, Ak-ashl. Ak-ashl. Suma and the Asama. The Japanese Jap-anese did not lose a man: A magnificent episode in this battle was the second sortie of the two Russian Rus-sian cruisers. With band playing the national anthem, the international fleet loudly cheering the bravery and gallantry gal-lantry of the Russians, the Varlag and Koriets faced the Japanese fleet , In what was certain death. The position of the wrecks appears to be euch that It will be easy to recover the guns. Th Russian losses were on oftcer and forty men killed and 464 wounded. i UNCLS GAITS AIDI3 ' " ' . As:rri by japan rcrt ' ciiizzm rrTAizrzD. WASHINGTON. Feb. lS.Japan will i ' . s |